Thanks a lot Dave!!
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From: David Gray [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Friday, May 31, 2002 2:45 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc: Shishir K. Singh
Subject: RE: Regex Problem!!- SOS
> if ($var =~ /^$var1/) {
if($var =~ /^\Q$var1\E/) {
Should solve your problem -- the \Q and \E tell the regex to stop (and
start again) interpolating any regex characters it finds in the
variable.
HTH,
-dave
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